St. Maries is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 2,487 people and just one neighborhood, St. Maries is the 71st largest community in Idaho.
St. Maries is a blue-collar town, with 37.45% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, St. Maries is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Maries who work in office and administrative support (11.62%), food service (10.05%), and management occupations (8.12%).
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of St. Maries spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.49 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The percentage of adults in St. Maries with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.90% of adults in St. Maries have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Maries in 2022 was $30,535, which is middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,140 for a family of four. However, St. Maries contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call St. Maries home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Maries residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in St. Maries include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in St. Maries is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 11 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.8% of America.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in St. Maries is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in ID, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.9% of the neighborhoods in Idaho. If you are considering retiring to Idaho, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in St. Maries are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 52.2% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 12.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in St. Maries, ID, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report English roots (15.1%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (7.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.